Pop-up dice trays - Bandejas de dados pop-up
A downloadable template - plantilla
EN:
This dice tray folds into a flat card for ease of transportation. Use the slide lock when open to prevent it from closing by itself. You can customize the basic blank template (or use as is if you are feeling minimalist) or you can pay a bit more to also get all of the themed versions: Arcana, Bandits and Cthulhu.
Note: Unlike most of my uploads, this design is NOT Creative Commons. Print and build as many trays as you want, but please do not to share the files nor sell the digital files or the printed copies.
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ES:
Esta bandeja de dados se cierra en plano como una tarjeta para llevar fácilmente. Usa la pestaña de bloqueo después de abrirla para evitar que se cierre sola. Puedes personalizar la versión en blanco como quieras (o usarla tal cual si tienes el día minimalista), o puedes pagar un poquito más para llevarte también todas las versiones temáticas: Arcana, Bandits y Cthulhu.
Nota: a diferencia de casi todas mis subidas a Itch, este diseño NO ES Creative Commons. Imprime y monta las tarjetas que quieras, pero por favor no compartas los archivos ni vendas las tarjetas hechas o los propios archivos.
Purchase
In order to download this template - plantilla you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of 5.00€ EUR. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- flash sale - oferta puntualSep 06, 2023
- Weekend sale - Oferta de findeJun 17, 2023
- Cthulhu card updateMay 09, 2023
Comments
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Wow, this is so clever.
Really loving the Bandits design. It's so reminiscent of an old fashioned suitcase that I think it's perfect for a travel tray. Is that design available with the lighter blue fold lines? I was wondering if it would work wihtout any fold lines at all - or maybe just tiny lines at either end of the fold. I think it just shows up too strongly, particularly against the gold background of the dice tray floor and the walls.
Love your suggestion of scaling this up. Am going to give the standard version a try and then might mess about with resizing the pieces to fit exactly into my travel games case.
I'm glad you like it! I have printed and assembled these templates as they are and I can safely say the lines don't contrast as much once printed, specially when the folds further hide them. I encourage you to give it a try, but let me know if you are not happy with the results and I'll gladly send you a lineless version.
Hola Yerai, me ha salido en tiktok una chica vendiendo estas bandejas de dados, por si quieres echarle un ojo si las has creado tú desde 0, porque he visto que tienes puesto que no se pueden vender aunque las hayamos comprado. El vídeo es este: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJpaTapb/ y su usuario es @_r_n_w_
¡Gracias por avisar! La autora se puso en contacto conmigo hace mes y medio para "comprarme" una licencia de uso y acordamos condiciones y precio previamente, así que todo bien :) Muchas gracias de todos modos por venir a avisarme. Me quedo más tranquilo frente a gente que pueda intentar "piratear" el diseño sin permiso.
I just tried the Arcana one and it looks and feels lovely. I'm a bit wary of durability and glued the covers to some spare cardboard. The idea in a comment of using tape to reinforce the inner pull mechanism looks great! I'll try that when I tackle the Cthulhu one. Thanks so much for this!
Just some thoughts.
These are super cute. The designs are great and they aren't a hard build.
For anyone making them some somethings I found useful. Use card-stock for the inner pull mechanism, or consider reinforcing it with at least a line of tape from one end of the pull tab to the other, on the underside.
Next, if you use cardstock you can make a small adjustment before gluing on covers. Take a straight piece of cardstock and afix one flush with the underside of the unlock slit. Then test where the slider will rest when closed and afix a peice to the tab underside flush with the first piece of card-stock. I found it useful to make a more solid catch.
Lastly for the arcane make, when finished if you don't like the look of the locked tab obscuring things you can curl it backward and tuck it under the slit made for the tray, and find a place to crease it to your liking. (Leave room to get a nail under it or enough room to pull it free.) Then carefully trim the other side so it doesn't obscure the roman numerals.
These are amazing! Super easy to build, smart design and such fun!
I noticed, that on the Cthulhu and the Arcane version there are some cut lines on the "lock piece" that aren't necessary (the ones on the fold line and on one of the straps in the Cthulhu version).
Thanks for sharing!
Oh, you are right! I will upload a fix right away. Thanks for the heads up!
Hey just another fix headsup, your example images show the arcane inner image as having something in all four corners. (sun moon guilding) The file at the time I downloaded it only has 3.
Good catch! I will upload an updated version. I think the "three corners" one is an older one (the Arcana was the first card I made and it kinda shows).
This is... insanely cool. Instant purchase. I can't wait to build this!! Thank you for the blank template too, it's helpful for making my own design (though that Cthulhu one is mighty tempting...)
Thanks! I will say: consider even printing it on a bigger paper. The basic tray is practical and pocketable, but if you are GMing and already carrying books around a double-sized tray looks great on the table. Do tell if you make a custom one :-)
I just made the Cthulhu one. The locking mechanism is genius - I wish I used harder cardstock for that in particular. The size is actually perfect for me - I do lots of solo RPG streams and videos, and I was looking for a small yet stylish dice tray, and this fits both perfectly!
So happy to hear that! I will look for your stream. And thanks for sharing on twitter too, btw. I was a bit worried this design would sink into obscurity as 99% of things on the Internet do, but your tweets have driven some welcome eyes and purchases to the page.
No problem at all! Happy that I could help in some way.
Amazing, instant buy. Question - do the blue "fold" lines disappear when printed? If not, is it possible to get a version, where the fold lines are not that prominent? It somewhat takes away from the excellent graphics...
I get your worry. The original files had much thinner lines, but it made them hard to follow (even for me, and I had put them there!), so I stayed on the safe side and made them a bit thicker. They are way less prominent when the card is assembled because they are all valley folds, but let me know if you build one and it's still too glaring and I will email you a version with the original thin lines.
Will do - I see the files are printed on a thicker cardstock, and I believe that with time&folding those lines are disappearing
I'll try it out, thank you!